“Imamhi bhaddake kappe,
brahmabandhu mahāyaso;
Kassapo nāma gottena,
uppajji vadataṃ varo.

Tadāhaṃ pabbajitvāna,
tassa buddhassa sāsane;
Yāvajīvaṃ caritvāna,
brahmacāraṃ tato cuto.

Tena kammena sukatena,
cetanā­paṇi­dhīhi ca;
Jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ,
tāvatiṃ­sa­ma­gaccha­haṃ.

Tato cuto araññamhi,
kapoto āsahaṃ tahiṃ;
Vasate guṇasampanno,
bhikkhu jhānarato sadā.

Mettacitto kāruṇiko,
sadā pamuditānano;
Upekkhako mahāvīro,
appamaññāsu kovido.

Vinīvara­ṇa­saṅkappe,
sabba­satta­hitā­saye;
Visaṭṭho nacirenāsiṃ,
tasmiṃ sugatasāvake.

Upecca pādamūlamhi,
nisinnassa tadāssame;
Kadāci sāmisaṃ deti,
dhammaṃ desesi cekadā.

Tadā vipulapemena,
upāsitvā jinatrajaṃ;
Tato cuto gato saggaṃ,
pavāso sagharaṃ yathā.

Saggā cuto manussesu,
nibbatto puññakammunā;
Agāraṃ chaḍḍayitvāna,
pabbajiṃ bahuso ahaṃ.

Samaṇo tāpaso vippo,
paribbajo tathevahaṃ;
Hutvā vasiṃ araññamhi,
anekasataso ahaṃ.

Pacchime ca bhave dāni,
ramme kapilavatthave;
Vacchagotto dijo tassa,
jāyāya ahamokkamiṃ.

Mātu me dohaḷo āsi,
tiro­kucchi­gatassa me;
­Jāyamā­na­samīpamhi,
vanavāsāya nicchayo.

Tato me ajanī mātā,
ramaṇīye vanantare;
Gabbhato nikkhamantaṃ maṃ,
kāsāyena paṭiggahuṃ.

Tato kumāro siddhattho,
jāto sakya­ku­laddhajo;
Tassa mitto piyo āsiṃ,
saṃvisaṭṭho sumāniyo.

Satta­sāre­bhi­nikkhante,
ohāya vipulaṃ yasaṃ;
Ahampi pabbajitvāna,
hima­van­ta­mupāga­miṃ.

Vanālayaṃ bhāvanīyaṃ,
kassapaṃ dhutavādikaṃ;
Disvā sutvā jinuppādaṃ,
upesiṃ narasārathiṃ.

So me dhammamadesesi,
sabbatthaṃ sampakāsayaṃ;
Tatohaṃ pabbajitvāna,
vanameva punāgamaṃ.

Tatthāppamatto viharaṃ,
chaḷabhiññā aphassayiṃ;
Aho sulad­dha­lā­bhomhi,
­sumit­te­nā­nukam­pito.

Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ,
… pe …
viharāmi anāsavo.

Svāgataṃ vata me āsi,
… pe …
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,
… pe …
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā vanavaccho thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Vana­vacchat­theras­sāpadā­naṃ navamaṃ.